A former police officer in the state of Mississippi, who was found guilty at trial in the case of torture along with five of his colleagues of two African-Americans, was sentenced on Tuesday (19/3) to serve a sentence of 20 years in prison. Hunter Ellward and five former colleagues – all six of them white – were found guilty in August in this southern state of torturing the victims for nearly two hours. They used a penis dummy, a taser, a sword and finally a gun. Officer Ellward went so far as to put his service pistol in the mouth of one and shoot, fracturing his jaw. Hunter Ellward, 31, was sentenced to serve 241 months in prison. His colleague Geoffrey Middleton, 46, was sentenced to serve 17.5 years in prison. The remaining four defendants will learn their sentences today and tomorrow Thursday. The federal authorities will guarantee that “police officers who violate constitutional rights and betray citizens' trust will be held accountable,” he said in a statement. […]
Source: News Beast
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